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forest444

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2. Labor helped elect Macri b/c their leadership put political score-settling above workers' well-being

Reply to Judi Lynn (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 25, 2016, 01:12 PM

Jul 2016

Now, of course, they have tons of egg on their face.

Nevertheless, I'm glad they listened to their membership and decided to join forces to stand up to this administration - ideological heirs of the same dictatorship (Videla) that decimated labor and industry, walloped real pay by 40%, and killed thousands of labor union members at the time.

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Clearly it's a big moment when the polarized factions join each other for a common purpose. Judi Lynn Jul 2016 #1

Labor helped elect Macri b/c their leadership put political score-settling above workers' well-being forest444 Jul 2016 #2